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namespace Castle.ActiveRecord
{
	using System;

	/// <summary>
	/// Abstract base class for custom attributes that can generate XML and return it directly.
	/// This allows to customize the generate the XML passed to NHibernate in a flexible way.
	/// </summary>
	[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Assembly, AllowMultiple = true), Serializable]
	public abstract class RawXmlMappingAttribute : Attribute
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Get the mapping xml to add to NHibernate's configuration.
		/// Note that we allow to return more than a single mapping, each string is 
		/// treated as a seperated document.
		/// </summary>
		public abstract string[] GetMappings();
	}
}